Intro
F#m E D A
[Verse 1]
F#m
I wasn't taught how to get a job
E
But I can remember dissecting a frog
D
I wasn't taught how to pay tax
A
But I know loads about Shakespeare's classics
F#m
I was never taught how to vote
E
They devoted that time to defining isotopes
D
I wasn't taught how to look after my health
A
But mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell
[Verse 2]
F#m
Never spent a lesson on current events
E
Instead I studied The Old American West
D
I was never taught what laws there are
A
I was never taught what laws there are
F#m E
Let me repeat—I was not taught the laws for the country I live in
But I know how Henry the VIII killed his women
D
Divorced beheaded died, divorced beheaded survived
D
Glad that's in my head instead of financial advice
[Verse 3]
F#m
I was shown the wavelengths of different hues of light
E
But I was never taught my human rights
D
Apparently there's thirty, do you know them? I don't
A
Why the hell can't we both recite them by rote?
F#m
I know igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks
E
Yet I don't know squat about trading stocks
D
Or how money works at all—where does it come from?
A
How does the thing that motivates the world function?
F#m
Not taught to budget and disperse my earnings
E
I was too busy there rehearsing cursive
D A
Didn't learn how much it costs to raise a kid or what an affidavit is
But I spent days on what the quadratic equation is:
F#m E
Negative b plus or minus the square root of b squared
Minus 4ac over 2a
D
That's insane, that's absolutely insane
A
They made me learn that over basic first aid
[Verse 4]
F#m
Or how to recognize the most deadly mental disorders
E
Or diseases with preventable causes
D
Or how to buy a house with a mortgage
A
If I could afford it 'cause abstract maths was deemed more important
F#m E
Than advice that would literally save thousands of lives
D A
But it's cool, 'cause now I could tell you if the number of unnecessary deaths caused by that choice was prime
F#m
Never taught present-day practical medicines
E
But I was told what the ancient Hippocratic method is
D
“I've got a headache, the pain is ceaseless
A
What should I take?”
Um... maybe try some leeches?
F#m
“Could we discuss domestic abuse and get the facts
E
Or how to help my depressed friend with their mental state?”
D
Um... no, but learn mental maths
A
Because “you won't have a calculator with you every day!”
F#m
They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem
E
Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!
D
All this advice about using a condom
A
But none for when you actually have a kid when you want one
F#m
I'm only fluent in this language, for serious?
E
The rest of the world speaks two, do you think I'm an idiot?
D
They chose the solar over the political system
A
So like a typical citizen now I don't know what I'm voting on
F#m
Which policies exist, or how to make them change
E
Mais oui, je parle un peu de Francais
D
So at 18, I was expected to elect a representative
A
For a system I had never ever ever been presented with
[Chorus]
F#m
But I won't take it
E
I'll tell everyone my childhood was wasted
D
I'll share it everywhere how I was “educated”
A F#m
And insist these pointless things don't stay in school
[Outro]
E D A
F#m E D C
- 1. Chord Gitar Boyinaband - Dont Stay In School Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar D#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Boyinaband - Dont Stay In School Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar D#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan